White Ribbon UK’s Labour Party Conference Fringe Event

The case for investing in preventing men's violence against women and girls

Join White Ribbon UK, The Centre for Protecting Women Online and an expert panel to hear the interim findings from our upcoming report The Case for Investing in the Primary Prevention of Men’s Violence Against Women and Girls.

Our report focuses on the case for Government to invest in the primary prevention of men’s violence against women and girls, to meet its target of halving men’s violence against women in a decade.

Our panel of experts will discuss the interim findings and what more needs to be done to end men’s violence against women and girls in the next nine years.

We are pleased to be working with Principle One for this event.

Location: Revolution Bar, Dockside Venue, Albert Dock, L3 4AE

Date: 30th September 2025

Time: 10am - 12pm

Refreshments and breakfast food served

Wheelchair accessible venue

To RSVP to this event, please email us at policy@whiteribbon.org.uk

Meet Our Speakers

Alex is the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Victims in the Ministry of Justice and has been the Labour MP for Pontypridd since December 2019. Alex previously served as Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding from November 2023 to July 2024.
Alex has and continues to campaign to prevent violence against women and girls and highlights the importance of changing cultures to prevent the normalisation of misogyny and sexism, which lead to violence.

Andrea Simon has been Executive Director of End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) since January 2021.
EVAW is a registered charity which carries out policy and campaigning, with a membership of 160+ frontline specialist VAWG services, NGOs, academics and survivors working to end VAWG in all its forms.
Andrea is a member of the London Policing Board and co-chairs the London Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime’s (MOPAC) VAWG Board. She was also a panel member for the Independent Sentencing Review.

Professor Olga Jurasz is professor of law at the Open University (UK) and Director of the Centre for Protecting Women Online - an interdisciplinary unit focusing on research, policy engagement and creating social impact in relation to women's online safety.
Her research expertise is in international law, human rights, legal responses to violence against women (including online violence) and feminist approaches to governance of online spaces and online safety. Since 2024, she serves as an Independent Expert to the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on combating technology-facilitated violence against women and girls.

Ben is the Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of Principle One, a consultancy supporting UK Law Enforcement, National Security and central government clients to address the challenges of an increasingly diverse threat environment.
With over 25 years experience of complex project and programme delivery in both the private and public sector, he is now responsible for overseeing Principle One’s customer delivery while also scaling the systems, processes and people to support the growth of the business.

Lynne has spent over 17 years as a charity CEO, leading organisations across the third sector with a focus on social justice, health, and advocacy. Her work has supported young people, survivors of sexual violence, older adults, and people with learning disabilities, reflecting a deep commitment to equity and inclusion.

Steve is the Vice-Chair of White Ribbon and has been a member of the Board of Trustees for the last 8 years.
Before taking early retirement he worked in policy and strategy at a local and regional level, working on issues as diverse as flooding, economic growth, housing and, of course, violence against women and girls. Prior to this he worked in both the public and third sectors on regeneration schemes around the country. Steve is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

If you would like to submit a question to our panel, please email policy@whiteribbon.org.uk

Principle One was established in 2018 as a values-driven business to support public sector customers in achieving their core missions, initially within the Law Enforcement and Policing sector, but now with a far broader reach across Health, National Security and Defence. Shared purpose has always been an integral part of our culture, with our staff heavily engaged in driving the direction of our growth. We deliver both business transformation and enabling technology programmes at a national level and work to support the government tackle Violence Against Women and Girls as part of its Safer Streets mission.

In 2024 Principle One became a White Ribbon Supporter organisation, making a commitment to create a community of allies to raise awareness and call out abusive and sexist behaviour among their friends, colleagues, customers and in the community. In this way, we can go beyond our customer work within the VAWG mission and engage our staff to drive wider change across society.

To find out more about Principle One, visit their website: www.principleone.co.uk/